Taking food from a hotel breakfast buffet- cheeky??

[Nannyogg134]

Was chatting with Brother and SIL about their upcoming holiday. They've got a long drive with 2 young DCs, so they've booked a chain hotel with free buffet breakfast part way along (to break up the drive.) DM said "Oh good, don't forget to make sandwiches for the drive later.".
This led to a whole family breakdown of what it is/isn't cheeky to do at a breakfast buffet 😂...

• DM would happily take tupperware with her and fill up because 'it's been paid for' (I don't think she does take tupperware, I think it was a figure of speech!)
• DH said he's too embarrassed to take anything more than a banana for later.
• DSIL confessed that she can't resist taking pots of jam

I just wondered what everyone thought- Is it unreasonable to take from the buffet breakfast for 'later'?

Thing is they probably wouldn’t have minded that as I’d have been eating it in the breakfast room!
They seemed to be very good at spotting anyone trying to slip out the door 😅

I think that’s slightly different, as you’re not taking extra food, but more of a doggy bag. Eg. If they can’t eat a whole pizza, you take the uneaten half, rather than a fresh new pizza to eat later.

Somehow that is even worse than taking food for lunch. You make your husband stay in the room and feed him leftovers for breakfast??

My coat and cardigan pockets are for toast, croissants, fruit and little jam jars. Yum yum.

I might have done if it was my last day but I had two more nights to go so didn’t want to risk it!

Yep seen this in Iceland and Disneyland Paris, probs cause it’s very expensive, but yeah a bit naff but also secretly admire this x

Everyone is jumping on you?

I thought it was about 3 or 4 people.

That's entirely different. If you were in the US they'd offer to wrap your leftovers, and decent places in the U.K. will too if you ask.

@AnnieMcFanny guess it just felt that way because all the emails came through at once 🙂.

At ClubMed (very nice AI) they just have boxes and bags so that people can prepare themselves a takeaway lunch at breakfast buffet, so that solves the problem. It’s mainly for those who will be missing lunch anyway, we aren’t talking about someone just hoarding food in their room, no?

I am meaning to also include hotel breakfast and buffets which does feel more cheeky.

I've just noticed the OPs NN...Nanny Ogg would stuff her drawers with pastries and take a few kippers for Greebo.

I'll take a banana or an apple, perhaps a pastry but no more however I stayed at a hotel in Scotland (near ski resort) where they actually left plastic sandwich bags on the buffet to make up sandwiches. If it's ai have no issues making lunch up for a day trip

Not all heroes wear capes! :)

but seriously, good on you and good point about food waste.

It all goes to waste the leftovers anyway, better to be eaten.

Well you do you and we'll do us. I will say no more except... UNCLENCH

I'm in Team DH. Take out a piece of fruit for later (feeling like a criminal and expecting to be challenged if spotted by a member of staff) but there's no way I'd take a full packed lunch. It hasn't been paid for - the prices would have to go up considerably if everyone stocked up for the full day ahead.

It's tacky. You pay for breakfast, not lunch too. It's like when people to to those "as much as you can eat" buffets and stuff their fat faces.

Have taken the odd item of food away when in a hurry, have also filled my coffee flask for the drive /train journey too. Meh, I think loading up boxes is a step too far, but saw this at an all inclusive in Egypt (was Egyptian families doing this) then they had an afternoon long picnic by the pool. No idea it was seen as acceptable or they were just CFs

I’d rather eat a hearty breakfast at the hotel and skip lunch than eat moderately at breakfast and pack a moderate sandwich for later. It’s more socially acceptable to overeat than to try and trick the system.

I work in a hotel with a ver posh breakfast buffet - if you're coming down near the end of service, take the damned food. We are going to bin it otherwise, things like cheeses and meats and pastries we simply can't put in the fridge and set out again tomorrow because it's a cross-contamination/temperature of storage thing.

Don't do it at the beginning of service though and please don't nick the little jams in jars.

Ask and we'll usually wrap it for you also. 😁

If the amount of food is the same, then what difference does it make to the hotel whether you have it all at once or save some of it for later?

I am very unclenched and can afford to pay for our holidays. No need to steal. You do you. Being CF’s and blaming it on you having a disease.

I stayed in a hotel close to Disneyland Paris recently and guests weren’t allowed to take bags into the breakfast room, not even handbags. I don’t really enjoy breakfast so I stayed in bed but my DH took the kids down and said they were turning people with bags away and making them leave them back in their bedrooms!

@Pebbles16 Imagine if everyone with a chronic condition considered it an acceptable excuse to start stealing. Your husband can just as easily wait in a cafe and buy a drink, even carry a book. Such a strange attitude.